Teaching Writing Over The Years Intrudes On

The Great Watershed Of Modern Poetry Is French, More Than English.

The Black Mountain Poet I Like Most Is The Early Creeley. Those Early Poems Seem Very Lyrical And Very Traditional, With A Lot Of Voice And Character.

Maybe The Example Of Southern Fiction Writing Has Been So Powerful That Southern Poets Have Sort Of Keyed Themselves To That.

A Poem In Form Still Has To Have Voice, Gesture, A Sense Of Discovery, A Metaphoric Connection, As Any Poetry Does.

Young Writers Find Their First Audience In Little Magazines, And Experimental Writers Find Their Only Audience There.